Barrable has been operating his own dealership since 1987 and is one of Ireland's longest serving Fiat dealers.

Sales at his own dealership were running at three times the level of January and February in early March, he said.

Sales at his own dealership in early March were running at three times the level of January and February, he said.

With the deal off the table, Siemens is bracing to commit 600 million euros or so to grow its own dealership network.

Lexus is the company's luxury brand and has its own dealerships.

That number includes 552 Latino- owned stores; 264 owned by Blacks; and 215 Asian- owned dealerships.

As of Dec. 31 2015, America had 1,128 minority- owned dealerships, according to statistics from Lester's organization.

The number of minority- owned dealerships peaked at 1,805 in 2005, dropped to 1,156 in 2007 and bottomed out at 873 in 2011.